yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Ascend Mate 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RobboW:
Mine was B120 SP04 also. I did the B130 update and kept it that way quite a while, unlocked, CWM recovery and rooted. Also had an older version of Xposed working with some modules. I tried a mod that stuffed it up recently, although it still booted, so decided to go Lollipop seeing as I had to work on it anyway. First thing is to use ADB and flash back to stock recovery, then I unrooted.

Next I applied B324 via local update. It ran fine so I applied B331 via local update.

Running good. Now have TWRP recovery and root. It's a shame Xposed doesn't work on it :(

I‘ve also not been able to apply lollipop incremental updates. Only a full ROM. Decided not to risk MM yet.

I‘ve noticed that on LP and debloat system apps, I have more free RAM than with KK. It also runs smoother. I installed EX Kernel Manager anyway and with a few basic tweaks the phone flies!
[Ascend Mate 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RobboW:
Seriously considering rolling back to Kitkat.

B331 Lollipop runs fine as a daily driver, it's just that even with it rooted, it's so hard to install any mods to customise it how I want.

On reflection, Lollipop doesn't seem to offer me any real benefits over Kitkat
[Repurposing Old Devices] XDARoni:
Turn Your Old Android Into a Kid Safe Device​

Last week was my sons birthday party. He turned six so I decided he was old enough to receive a tablet as a present. I'd rather pry my fingernails off than drop a couple hundred bucks on the kid so I figured I'd just hook him up with my old Android tablet that I don't use anymore. He loved it! Skip three weeks ahead and he's racked up $500 in Play store charges and somehow managed to purchase a mail-order bride...

So before you hand down your old Android devices to the younglings, here are some precautions you should take to make sure that it's child-proof.

Factory reset

Obviously you're going to want to get all of your files off of there just to be safe. Do a back up and then factory reset. Don't forget to wipe that internet storage as well!

Start a new Gmail account

Even if you lock your tablet down nice and tight you don't want to risk the chance of you child being able to access your gmail or any accounts associated with it. So start by creating a throwaway account that isn't connected to any payment methods or phone numbers. Create the account on your desktop to bypass the phone verification requirement.

Remove any SIM card wipe APN settings

Pop out any SIM card that may be in there just in case there is any service attached to it. Wipe the APN settings to be sure there wont be a mobile data connection. You should also know that on both CDMA and GSM phones, even if they don't have service on them they can still dial 911. You can block out the dialer app with a custom launcher.

Install a custom launcher

Now install a custom launcher to limit the applications that your child will have access to. There are plenty to choose from and lots of great options. Here are a few of the most popular.

[IMG="Kid's Shell icon"]http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3638492&stc=1&d=1454939800[/IMG]

Kid's Shell - kids mode

[IMG="Kid's place icon"]http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3638496&stc=1&d=1454939893[/IMG]

Kids Place - Parental Control

[IMG="Kids Space Launcher Icon"]http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3638499&stc=1&d=1454940001[/IMG]

Kids Space Launcher

Buy a tough case

Now just head over to Amazon and buy a case that will withstand the abuse of a kid. Children will find a way to turn anything into a weapon.

Now you can rest easy knowing that your kid can't get into any trouble on their tablet.
[Other Tools & General Discussion] mtclo:
[Q] Research Survey: App Developers and App Company Managers needed to share opinion

Hi,

Currently, i am conducting my Master thesis research at the University of Technology Eindhoven about quality analysis services of mobile apps. According to literature it appears that the quality of apps is often based on user experience and functionality of apps. Only very basic and few research has been done about technical quality of apps and it is mainly unclear how app developers and app owners (i.e. managers of app companies or individual developer of their own app) think about the technical quality.

Therefore, i am looking for app developers and app owners to help me by taking a 5 - 10 minute survey. For every completed survey I will donate a euro to a charity of your own choice.

The survey is anonymous and only used for academic purposes. All data will be removed after finalizing the project.

The survey is available at survey.sogosurvey. com/k/RQsUYPUSsQsPsPsP (please remove space:D)

I appreciate your help in this and hope that you take the survey as all app developers and owners opinions count.

Thank you.

Mike Loeffen

Graduating student at University of Technology Eindhoven

P.S. unfortunately, I noticed too late that the survey tool does not provide an optimal format for smartphones, so I recommend to use a computer or tablet.

I hope this will not be a reason to decide not taking the survey.
[Other Tools & General Discussion] mikereidis:
Hmmm,...

I would have selected "Keep the Euro" but there was no such option, so MSF...

Then I saw this:

and the next few pages had money questions.

So I felt I was filling out a marketing survey, and I aborted and posted this.

Please feel free to explain. :)
[Other Tools & General Discussion] mtclo:
Thanks for you comment.

To answer your first comment, I chose to make that particular question about charities not mandatory. So, if you did not want to let me donate, you could keep that question open. But I wanted to do something in return for every participation, and as a student I don't have many resources. Therefore, the decision to donate something.

You have a good point with your second comment. As I explained on the first page is that I study Innovation Management at a Technical University. This study combines the technical aspect, like IT business, with economy aspects, like marketing, sales, and management. The goal of my research for my Master thesis is to analyze if technical quality (i.e. the quality of the source code) of apps is just as important as the technical quality of large software systems and to analyze what opinions app developers and app owners have regarding the technical quality.

In my research I use the so-called conjoint analysis, which is indeed an analysis method often used in marketing scenarios, but additionally it is also a very good method to analyze different perspections of a product or service which is what I try to do in my research. Price is often excluded because it could influence the perception of respondents (and appears so now:p). But I chose to include it, because I assume that a technical quality analysis could always be useful in different ways (help developers in a good direction or decrease costs. This is already proved for computer and enterprise software, but it has a gap in literature in the case of mobile app software). Therefore, I try to analyze how important and how interesting app developers and owners find the technical quality by including different price levels. If someone chooses a higher price for better services, I assume that a technical quality analysis might indeed provide value from the perception of developers and owners.

Overall, it is an academic research about consumer behavior and perceptions about a relative new service (therefore the link to Innovation Management) because very few research is done about software quality of apps from a developers or owners perspective. That's why marketing aspects are included too. In the end, academic researches will always be public accessible, and I try to close some of the gap of the technical quality services about the software of apps. I cannot close the whole gap because due to the fact I am no software developer I can not include all aspects unfortunately, so in this case mainly 'human technology interaction' aspects).

I hope this will make myself and my survey more clear. If you have still some questions, feel free to ask them.

Thank you for your comment and I appreciate it if you are still willing to participate:)
[Other Tools & General Discussion] mtclo:
Thank your for your tip. I could definitely use it for my literature review. Though, as I mentioned before, I am not capable to cover all software development aspects because I had to narrow the scope according to the guidelines of the Master thesis and according to my knowledge field (I hope this is the right description).

Furthermore, I think I had to define my definition of technical quality of software better. I am aware of the fact that the word 'quality' has a lot of meanings and definitions. In my thesis I have defined technical quality as the maintainability of the source code of software. I narrowed my scope in the research to tools that inspect code quality by reporting on duplicated codes, code complexity, code design, et cetera. Think about tools as SonarQube or VeraCode. However, these tools focus mainly on large enterprise software systems or general computer software. Therefore, my research is focused on code quality of app software for Android, iOS or Windows for mobile devices.

And finally to make my intentions of my research fully clear, is that I won't develop such a tool but I want to analyze if such tools for mobile apps would have any potential on the market and would some features like a quality label or the level of reporting detail have any influence. You already acknowledge that consumers would not be aware what causes bugs or other problems. In some cases, these problems might be caused by faults in the source code. Consumers would have no influence in that case, but app developers do. Code analyses might improve the source code or decrease costs by decreasing development time. Therefore, my target group are app developers or app owners (like managers of companies that develop apps) and I want to analyze if these people would be interested in such tools if it could, for example, improve the maintainability of an app and/or decreasing costs. Eventually, as my research results will become public and it appears that such tools might provide value to app developers and/or app owners, than it can be a motivation to develop such tools. Each individual will be free in deciding what to do with my results.

Hope it is clear now:)

I appreciate your additional thinking and it could indeed provide value and ideas for my research.
[Other Tools & General Discussion] mtclo:
Hi everyone,

Hereby a reminder of the survey about the demand for mobile app quality analysis services. I hope you are willing to spend only 5 minutes of your time to help me with this research to graduate.

I have received feedback that the original survey was too vague and complicated. Therefore, I have improved the survey to make it more easy to fill in.

To access the improved version, please use the following link: survey.sogosurvey.com/k/SsUYPUSsWsPsPsP

I would appreciate it very much, if you are willing to complete this survey.

Thank you.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] Cloudyfa:
PDAViet Beta-ROM for Prophet​

New core:

OS 5.2.1908 Build 18508.0.7.0

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Link download:

Step1: PDAViet Temp

Step2: PDAViet BetaROM

Password:

2 Steps: PDAVIET

ChangePP:

Change PP for Beta-ROM

*This ROM for testing purpose only!
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] skylow:
An wat is in it?

Hy Cloudyfa,

i've been waiting for your next release.

Can you tell us some more details about this rom?

I'll flash it anyway but it would be nice to know something about it bevore flashing it. ;)

Greetings,

skylow
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] wbsc:
sir,thanks for your great work.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] NEO130:
I can`t see any new things. But I have always the WIFI Problems by your ROMS. It`s not activate any time.By Gullum is this not. Do you have any Idea ?
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] msylva:
Before I flash py prophet (again... i'm becoming flashmaniac) I would like to know something more about this realese.

Have cube and touch flo?

Regards.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] zeroed:
the new thing is the new os build,take a better look.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] Pallas:
Im going to test it...

Thanks !
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] onesolo:
Hello Cloudyfa,

Did you release this new beta for us to test and in a few days you are going to make a definitely release ?? Or this is really a beta rom??
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] gullum:
Hi Cloudyfa my friend

I will flash it and run it for a day or so and report back

My Prophet Touch VIII is also sent to beta test so I will try out your rom for a day while I wait for reports coming back on my beta

I know you do a good job so I'll be happy if I can be of any help.

Gulli

edit:

Ok just a fast resault tried what is wrong from my beta rom and you seam to have the same bugs

Messanger Live can't log in....Phone hangs after using wifi... Office Word can't open more then 1 document then it wan't open again. so I guess these are bugs with this build and we need to figur them out.

I will test some more to see if the rest is working :D

Anyway it's realy fast too
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] Fady:
Does it include the cube???
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] Sideburnt:
in tetsing will the OS page freeze be checked? along with the memory release issue on reboot with PIN lock?

Thanks for all your work you and Gullum should be proud of your achievements, we all certainly are and constantly appreciative of your work.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] Da9L:
Yes ! Another release.. PDAViet 4 life ! :P

Cloudfya are you planing to release this as a Transformer 1.1 or as a PDAViet 4.0.0.0.7 ? Oh just for your notice if you can get the bus as Gullum mentions fixed and the few bugs from your Transformer 1.0 it would really be perfect !

The only bugs i noticed in Transformer 1.0 was;

Clock not allways showing in title bar -> you mentioned a regfix in the thread

WLM Not showing contacts after 1 first logon -> in Transformer Thread someone uploaded a working version
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] Cloudyfa:
You're sure about these bugs? Bc i just tested and don't have those prob, need to check more about it :P

@ALL: as i said before, this ROM is only for testing purpose, bc i really don't have time now, i can't test it more carefully and i want to know if this build good or not to develope new ROM base on it. If you want a stable ROM or have to work with your Prophet, you should think before upgrading ;)
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] bojaniste:
well... i love this rom... it works great so far... the only thing i noticed is that the call waiting dont work ok... i had call and then got another call but i couldnt switch... the rest of it is excelent so far... thank you Cloudyfa for your great work...
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] gullum:
WiFI can be a problem only I have because I have had problems with wifi on every rom even the shiped one and it's caused by my sd card. but yes the other 2 bugs I do have.

Coulden't find anything else though
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] iiiox:
FLEETING!!

Impressive indeed! it's faster even than EVO8 slightly!!

And more, it is clean enough, no redundant audiomanager, no fat touch-look stuffs! only HtcHome, the mulfuntional JAVA -_- and a few tools are different from the official ones.

preformance talks! i love it!! only if some glitches can be fixed, this one must be best one i've ever tried!

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the issues on the checklist which inclues the gliches of T1 (issue 1, 2) and issues over 18508 and 18125 (3) I am working on are:

1. Whether the built-in JAVA works

result: no, Esmeertec Jbed disappeared right after installing opera mini beta 4

2. Whether it hangs during re-boot and operation

result: yes, looking for solutions, note: ce-star instlled, overclocked 264 Hmz, hung during reboot as well as operation.

note: using pBar instead of X-button 2, killing all shortcuts but Omap and pBar..... seems works fine so far...^^

3. Whether the speed can be reclaimed after removing data put into the windows folder earlier.

result: acceptable.

testing steps: open the windows folder with Resco Explorer, 264Hmz, in different stages as below:

A. newly flashed 4.5 /8 rounds

B. needed softwares installed 6/8 rounds (ce-star installed, around 15 applications linked from SD)

C. Cube installed 1 1/4 rounds

D. Cube removed 1 1/8 rounds

E. backup file A with SPB Backup implied 7.5/8 round

(18125 is highly affected by the syndrome while 18505 is relatively nothing.)

Note: taking how many rounds to open the windows folderas a "speed" measuement is not precise, yet it is very easy and efficient. Given all HTCHome's files are put into the windows folder directly instead of an added HTCHome folder, the result above is really amanzing,

4. Whether the superb speed remains when all applications are installed, settings settled.

result: very good, as roms built on 18508 should habave!

Note: the tests above are the MUST i do for every single rom available, same applications installed, same procedure applied.

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Still, thanks a million times for sharing!

forgot to mention that PDAViet's roms always have a very nice looking!! ^_^
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] hma4:
Can you explain how you tested number 2 ?

i didn't understand what you did in step 3, can you explain for example what you mean by "new flashed 6 /8 round" ? :)

thanks brother
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] iiiox:
No problem, brother^^"

for issue 2:

Always have your pc and ppc linked during the testing period--installing applications, truning the device on and off, setting all values, etc.

for issue 3:

the "round" refers to the 4-color icon running on the screen whenever time-consuming folders or applications being opened or initiated.

new flashed refers to a clean system without installing or setting anything. (actually, omap and Resco Explorer are exceptions in this case)

sorry for the confustion here, i've updated the previous post^^
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] hma4:
a very innovative way to measure the performance, i must say :)

however the load time for windows folder is not a good measure of performance, because it depends on the numbers of files in windows folder, so if the cooker of the rom remove the rgu files ( registry files) this load time will significantly decrease.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] iiiox:
thanks for the illustration, brother.

To measure the speed in such a way is technically not precise, of course. so i used to check how many files are there in the windows folder whenever something unusual comes up. in this beta, however, nothing is abnormal--1676 files/35 folders in my case to be precisely^^

besides, measuring speed with "rounds/windows" has its own benifit---a common language everyone understands, and an easiest way everyone can follow suits, or re-check whether the report is true^^".
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] dendirk:
someone any idea where to download VIII
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] msylva:
Hello everyone.

I'm testing this Rom and so far so good.

Is fast and stable, work's great with Tomtom 6.03 (don´t loose BT settings after soft reset)

I'm trying iphone dialpad looking if it work ok!

I rather htc audio manager instad of media player (how can i change it in htc home?)

Good work PDAviet!

Regards
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] atakatas:
Install HTC Audio Manager, go Start > Settings > System > Touch Settings > MediaHub(tab) > Music App: change it as HTC Aud..
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] rjtd:
People, why not just use SPB benchmark or somthing like it to measure the speed of ROMs?

I guess that it would be great for every cooker or some Flashaolic to benchmark the ROMs, and than post it on a sticky topic or something.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] msylva:
I have HTC Audio Manager Installed but on Touch Settings there's no MediaHub(tab).... !?!?!?!?

I thought that in order to change it i have to make it by change Registry Editor.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] adamsuail:
testing

Hi Cloudyfa, its a great rom, there are some improvements with the wireless, it connects automatically after soft reset, Bluetooth and battery consumption is perfect as 4.0.0.0.6, the GPRS is also fine.

Question: how can i add an item to the soft key program list? in which directory should i place the shortcut?....i used to do it in the other version but this one...no luck.

This rom is also very very fast and i love the colorful icons...thanks
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] NEO130:
Hi,

I have sometimes problems with WIFI of Phone working. By Gullums Roms I haven`t. Any Idea ?
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] jorgeo:
Hi

I have problems with the wifi and BT.

The bt can only work with carkit or with gps, but not with the carkit and gps at the same time.

If I SR the machine lost all bt and wifi config.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] iiiox:
Ce-star makes a dead JAVA

confirmed....both Ce-star and the original IME make a dead JAVA...

though i suspect both Ce-star and CHTIME might also cuase a dead device, the new arrivals other than T1 and the beta, however, tell otherwise...
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] Cloudyfa:
You should go to Regional Settings and change your location to English (US/UK) to make it works !
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] iiiox:
Thanks a lot!!! it works!

( how inept I am!! haha... i modified the doward value of nls/DafaultCID from 404 to 409 to see if it worked and failed, but it never occured to me that it's regional settings' call in lieu of defalutcid's or systemlcid's....)

Only a littte loose end to tackle with.... all media player give the wrong code for titles in Chinese....^^"

By the way, you might like to take the "cross-style bar" for HTCHome as a default^^" (see the screenshot)
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] emmeborn:
nice. how do you get it?
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] l3v5y:
Works great, is very fast, but the WiFi isn't working properly for me.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] Pallas:
Same here.. wifi is not working.. When i push the wifi button the button stays in "off mode"
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] rbalou:
Very stable. very fast.

Wifi works fine like other roms.( ie you have to off and on

the power switch some times when not connected automatically)

BT have no problems

I installed Touch Cube (Hi hi.. love it very much and using very offen)

Internet telephone has still problem. (not connecting to me).

Battary power comes for two days as normal conditions.

Again a very fast ROM. Thank you Cloudyfa!
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] iiiox:
Hi, I downloaded it from Xbeta, and did a little change (3 items have been replaced with the "transparent" files)

Download the original files at Xbeta >> http://www.xbeta.cn/thread-4134-1-1.html

Tips: to get it work, overwrite the files in the windows folder

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BTW:

1. my device haven't been dead anymore since I:

--disabled X-button 2

--deleted all lnks but omapclock and pBar in the startup folder.

Note: overclock to 264HMz all the time as i always did to every single release

2. I've forsaken opera mini, or precisely speaking, Java

--installing opera mini resulted in the wrong text-code on all media player

--keeping local settings other than US/UK failed to install opera.....

Note:

--this is not a problem in EVO8

--thank Claudyfa for the tip to install opera mini.

By and large, this rom is the BEST CHOICE for me at this moment! Very fast, menory management is superb! and more importantly to me, very very nice looking!(prettier than many official releases)

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